shows that where flops that got cd's made
shows that where flops that got cd's made
bryan
Broadway Star Joined: 5/12/03
#1shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/23/12 at 11:57pm
i just lestien to the cd lysistrata jones it is cute but it was on broadway for 30 pers and cry baby was on for 95 pers i think cry baby was rob of a cool cd
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#2shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/23/12 at 11:59pm
I still am bummed they didn't use the original Cry-Baby songs. High school hell cats!
Updated On: 8/24/12 at 11:59 PM
#2shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/23/12 at 11:59pmWonderland and Bonnie and Clyde both got cast recordings!
#4shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 12:00am
I love Bryan too!
Updated On: 8/24/12 at 12:00 AM
#5shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 12:03amBryan, I really hated both Lysistrata Jones and Cry Baby but I wish for you that they would record it! :)
Wynbish
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/27/12
#6shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 12:04amThe world needs an official recording of Alli Mauzey's "Screw Loose"
#8shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 12:17ami wish every show could have an OCR--just for posterity sake :)
yankeefan7
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/14/12
#9shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 5:30pmCurious how well these CD recordings sell since the show flopped.
Quiche2
Broadway Star Joined: 7/20/12
#10shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 8:52pmwonderland
#11shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 8:56pmI think they'll record Cry Baby someday. If Carrie can finally get a cast recording after all these years then Cry Baby can get one too. Just hold on Bryan. (Since apparently, the demo isn't good enough for you.)
#12shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 9:20pmIsn't Leap of Faith getting a recording?
Emmaloucbway
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/11
#13shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 10:54pmWomen on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown flopped and got a cast recording. And I really enjoy the recording, it was so much better than the show!
#14shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 10:58pm
But VERGE was composed by a 3 time Tony nominee (Verge is his third) and had a cast including Patti LuPone, Sherie Rene Scott, Laura Benanti, and Brian Stokes Mitchell. Most of the flop scores that Bryan and others cry about cannot match Verge's level of artistry and greatness. They are also not Tony nominated scores.....
Updated On: 8/24/12 at 10:58 PM
Smaxie
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/26/05
#15shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 11:14pmCry-Baby's score was Tony-nominated.
#16shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/24/12 at 11:21pmOmg, that's right. My bad. I don't believe that was a terribly competitive year though.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#17shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/25/12 at 3:04pm
Legs Diamond
Jimmy
A Time For Singing
Donnybrook
Oh Brother to name a few
#18shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/25/12 at 3:26pmWasn't it a husband and wife team who used to make some of the rare recordings--Baker's Wife beind an example (and I assume funding being a reason they could only bring the leads in).
#20shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/25/12 at 3:47pmAnd Glory Days, which closed after one performance. (I enjoy that recording.)
Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#21shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/26/12 at 1:15pmMany of the lesser-known Off-Broadway shows have their recordings funded bgy the composers themselves, because it greatly increases the likelihood of the shows being done by regional theatres. I've often been contacted by theatre groups saying, "We're thinking of doing (insert name of show here), but there's no cast recording. We know you did it at your theatre. Do you have a bootleg recording of it?" These groups are just afreaid to attempt a show if they don't have a recording of it to study.
#22shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/26/12 at 1:55pmLegs Diamond
#23shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/26/12 at 2:06pm
If a show wants to be licensed, it needs a recording. Not as a requirement, but for practicality's sake. Nothing is more annoying, especially to small theatres, than when a show has no recording available, nor even a convenient bootleg.
"It's A Wonderful Life: The Musical," originally produced as "A Wonderful Life" is a good example of this- no cast recording, no reference recording, no bootleg. Only a hard-to-find demo recording with severe generational damage where many songs are incomplete or unlistenable due to cracks, pops and skips that derail the songs.
#24shows that where flops that got cd's made
Posted: 8/26/12 at 2:20pm
Leap of Faith was recorded last month and according to Alen Menken's twitter it will be released this fall.
So many flops have been recorded, and more often than not these days they are recorded for marketing purposes.
My most wished for flop recording is probably Welcome to the Club.
I'm a Coleman fan and the two songs that were recorded (by bk) are both great.
Other flops with recordings:
The Story of My Life
Catch Me If You CanSweet Smell of Success
The Goodbye Girl
9 to 5
A Catered Affair
A Doll's Life
Goodtime Charlie
Anna Karenina
Baby
Big
Bring Back Birdie
Nick and Nora
Dance a Little Closer
Doonesbury
Grind
High Fidelity
Jane Eyre
Little Women
Rags
Rex
Starmites
Triumph of Love
Steel Pier
The Best Little Whorehouse Goes Public
Dracula
The Pirate Queen
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The People in the Picture
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